In a shocking and bizarre incident, a Bihar nurse on Friday had allegedly injected an empty syringe intothe arm of a young man during the Covid-19 vaccination drive in Chapra town ofSaran.
The video of the incident that went viral on the socialmedia, shows the nurse administering an empty injection in the name of Covidvaccine at the vaccinated centre. The incident that took place on June 21 haddrawn as severe criticism from the netizens which forced the Health Departmentto take stern action against the nurse.
The nurse has been slapped with a show-cause notice andhas been removed from the Covid vaccination centre.
The man who received an empty injection has beenidentified as Azher Hussain, who went to Covid vaccination centre at BehrampurImambara Madarsa, along with his friend Aman Khan, to take the first dose.
During vaccination, the nurse, without filling the vaccine into the syringe,had injected it into Hussin's arm, and the entire process was captured into themobile phone by Aman Khan. However, neither noted that the syringe was emptyand happily returned home.
It was only after seeing the video at home that gave goosebumps to Hussain andhe realised that an empty syringe was injected into his arm.
In the video, the woman nurse was found interacting with others, as she tookthe syringe from a wrapper and injected it into his arm without filling it withthe vaccine.
Are there any side effects of inserting an empty syringe?
According to the medical experts, the side effect of anempty syringe administer depends upon the amount of air present in the syringein lieu of the Covid vaccine.
It may be noted here, that amount of air in the Covid vaccinedose is around 5 cc, which might not have any lethal health consequences.However, in rare cases, if the air travels from the muscle to the blood vesselsit could create air bubbles.
These air bubbles could further turn into blot clotsleading to cardiac arrests, blockages in the blood supply to the lungs orbrain. Perhaps the air injected in place of the Covid vaccine is in the muscle and chances are low that wouldflow into the blood system leading to severe repercussions.
What can be done if you fear the adverse impact on health?
If in case you are worried about the outcomes that anempty syringe insertion could bring up you can visit a doctor and can get anechocardiograph done or a Doppler to ascertain that there no air bubbles in the bloodcirculatory system.
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